Haunted House Shooting

[zippyt]

he is a fucking Idiot !!!!!!!
A) they were NOT on his property ,
B) they were NOT threatening him , his mother , or their property
C) he is a FUCKING PSYCO that NEEDS to be sent away for a LONG time !!!

[glatt]

The Columbine kids were picked on until they snapped. I bet this guy is cut from the same cloth.

I think it's entirely possible that he has had to deal with a lot of people treating him poorly based just on his looks, and that has made him less tolerant of delinquents fucking with him. He says that this has been a recurring problem.

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

I say take his gun and shove it up his pimply-faced, momma-livin', never-had-a-friend-because-he's-so-creepy, my-gun-is-my-penis ass.

You should judge him for his actions, not based on how he looks. It's that kind of treatment from others that led to this.

He was wrong to shoot these girls. He belongs in jail. But we shouldn't be surprised that this happened. mrnoodle makes a lot sense here.

The lesson here is: don't repeatedly pick on someone because they are different and then be surprised when they snap.

[mrnoodle]

Originally Posted by zippyt

he is a fucking Idiot !!!!!!!
A) they were NOT on his property ,
B) they were NOT threatening him , his mother , or their property
C) he is a FUCKING PSYCO that NEEDS to be sent away for a LONG time !!!

A) the article says they were
B) he says they didn't threaten him directly, but that he didn't know their intentions, either. As the only person in this scenario who was minding his own damn business, he deserves to be heard out.
C) So, is that your perception, or a fact? Making snap decisions about people's intentions seems to be the order of the day...


One of my elderly relatives lives in a house in the woods in Mississippi, on the same "hill" as his brothers and sisters. He's delusional, and thinks that black people are always sneaking around his house leaving trash on the porch and trying to steal things. They aren't, of course. But if someone ever decided to skulk around that place at night -- for whatever reason -- they would get shot at. If they were particularly unlucky, he might even hit what he was aiming for, although this is an exceptionally rare occurrence.

Is he nuts? Probably. Racist? As the day is long. Armed? Without question. It seems like it would be a bad idea to rustle the bushes around his house, regardless of his criminal culpability in whatever happens next.

Those kids were where they weren't supposed to be, and something bad happened. That's not an excuse for shooting people, it's a case study in cause and effect.


Edit:
ATTENTION PEOPLE WHO LACK COMPREHENSION SKILLS:
mrnoodle did not justify the shooting. He simply noted that people who drive around the block, honk the horn, walk up to people's houses, and act like idiots in the wee hours of the night are probably going to find trouble somewhere, and are not free from responsibility for their actions.

Edit 2:
CLARIFICATION:
The weird guy who shot a .22 out of his bedroom window to scare away a carload of teenagers is also an idiot. I repeat, the shooter was wrong.

Edit 3:
So, I'm not in favor of people getting shot.

K?

[Shawnee123]

[quote=mrnoodle]
A) the article says they were
B) he says they didn't threaten him directly, but that he didn't know their intentions, either. As the only person in this scenario who was minding his own damn business, he deserves to be heard out.
C) So, is that your perception, or a fact? Making snap decisions about people's intentions seems to be the order of the day...QUOTE]


A) the article said they had gone partway into his yard, then ran back to the car. When he shot at them they were driving by in their car.
B) and C) So, the snap decisions of a guy putting bullets in kid's heads is OK, but us supposing he's a nut is not? Good thing I don't go around shooting people I perceive to be bonkers.

[mrnoodle]

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Good thing I don't go around shooting people I perceive to be bonkers.

Unless they're in your house. Then, I recommend as large a caliber as you can handle accurately and safely. There are probably local firearm safety classes that can help you with any questions you might have.

Oh, unless you live in a country where The Government Has Done Something About The Gun Problem.

In that case, you're already perfectly safe.



Oh, did you guys hear about the guy who was swimming around with what should have been a harmless stingray and got stabbed in the heart? Something's got to be done about stingray barbs before more innocents are lost.

[Shawnee123]

They weren't in his house, numnuts.